This painting was commissioned by Arts Alive SDSU and San Diego State University’s (SDSU) president, Adela de La Torre, for the November 2019 Re:Border binational conference between SDSU and UABC in Tijuana, Mexico. SDSU students of the Chicano/a Studies and Engineering departments were asked to attend a community input session. During this meeting held within the Arts Alive SDSU headquarters, student shared thoughts and ideas pertaining to the Re:Border conference theme “the water we share”. Based on the input received, a design was developed to be used for the conference main art and photo backdrop. The painting portion of this project was completed with the help of a team of SDSU MFA graduate candidates. The painting currently resides in the president’s art collection at SDSU.